dan powell

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Gender Male
Location United Kingdom
Introduction Dan Powell is a prize winning author of short fiction whose stories have appeared in the pages of The London Magazine, Being Dad, The Lonely Crowd, Carve, New Short Stories, Unthology, and The Best British Short Stories. His debut collection of short fiction, Looking Out Of Broken Windows (Salt, 2014), was shortlisted for the Scott Prize, long listed for both the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award and the Edge Hill Prize. He is currently studying for a PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Leicester and is a writer-in-residence for the charity First Story. He procrastinates at danpowellfiction.com and on Twitter as @danpowfiction.
Favorite Movies Magnolia, Miller's Crossing, The Searchers, The Indian Runner, No Country For Old Men, Memento
Favorite Music Radiohead, Fleet Foxes, Wilco, Okkervil River, Satchel, Sparklehorse, Johnny Cash, The Handsome Family, The Felice Brothers, Kite Base, Low
Favorite Books The Road - Cormac McCarthy, Lullaby - Chuck Palahnuik, Some Rain Must Fall and other stories - Michel Faber, There But For The - Ali Smith, Will You Please Be Quiet Please - Raymond Carver